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Marie Dennis

One of the drafters of a landmark pastoral letter from the U.S. bishops that in 1983 offered a "strictly conditioned moral acceptance" of nuclear deterrence says it's time to reevaluate that document in light of Pope Francis' Nov. 10 statement that the "very possession" of nuclear weapons is to be "firmly condemned."

Officers, activists, academics and Cardinal Peter Turkson will seek common ground at "The Catholic Church Moves Towards Nonviolence? Just Peace Just War in Dialogue," Oct. 6-8 at the University of San Diego.